And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? I sit a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose. Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.” Ezekiel 8:17-18

Sin is never a light thing, especially the abominations that the Judahites were committing by worshiping pagan deities in the Lord’s temple. Yet that is what we do when we forget God and give ourselves to something else on the altar of our hearts. We may get used to some offense that it seems harmless an even inconsequential, but God’s holy nature never changes. Sin never becomes acceptable to Him.

I encourage you to take inventory of your actions, your passions, what is the focus of your pleasure. Then ask yourself, is this acceptable to God? If you find your focus off the mark of God’s righteousness, then you are purposefully sinning. And as we can see from the verses above, God has little patience with disobedience. No one wants God to be angry with them.

Sin is like water, it can slip into even the smallest cracks of our life. Once it gets in there, it slowly weakens our faith structure and soon we will crumble. Sin guard your life by praying to God daily, asking Him to filter out the sin in your life and give you the passion and desire to please Him. When our focus aligns with God’s ways, blessings will nourish your life and sustain you even when faced with the strongest temptations. Sin guard your life daily to avoid angering God. Trust me, life will be much better for you! God bless!